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**jawats** · 05-15-2020, 12:02 PM

I won an auction last week for a Chinon CP-7m with a Pentax SMC-A 50mm 1.17 attached. The lens wasn't described in the auction, so I got lucky to spot it when looking through the pictures. Looking forward to seeing how this does on my K-1. It's a lovely little lens.

stevebrot · 05-15-2020, 03:30 PM

Originally posted by jawats

I won an auction last week for a Chinon CP-7m with a Pentax SMC-A 50mm 1.17 attached. The lens wasn't described in the auction, so I got lucky to spot it when looking through the pictures. Looking forward to seeing how this does on my K-1. It's a lovely little lens.

What a deal! The CP-7m is an interesting camera in that it calculates metering for program and Tv modes on the fly during stop-down allowing those modes with any K-mount lens at the time. It might even work with lenses lacking an aperture ring.

Steve

**jawats** · 05-15-2020, 04:24 PM

Originally posted by stevebrot

What a deal! The CP-7m is an interesting camera in that it calculates metering for program and Tv modes on the fly during stop-down allowing those modes with any K-mount lens at the time. It might even work with lenses lacking an aperture ring.

Steve

Yep! For $25 with shipping, I'm not complaining. I just took a trial run with the K-1 and the A-50mm. The color reproduction and depth on the lens are just beautiful. I have an older Sigma 70-300 as a walk-about (the one with the macro switch), and it's nice, but nothing like this.

**pres589** · 05-15-2020, 05:31 PM

Glancing through the user manual for the CP-7m, this seems like a better camera (not counting reliability / build quality, which I cannot know) than a Super Program. I'd rather have a more simple camera but there's definitely a lot to like here.

**jawats** · 05-16-2020, 03:02 AM

Originally posted by pres589

Glancing through the user manual for the CP-7m, this seems like a better camera (not counting reliability / build quality, which I cannot know) than a Super Program. I'd rather have a more simple camera but there's definitely a lot to like here.

I’ll definitely be testing it with some film. I have a more-simple Vivitar which I am also playing with now.

05-15-2020, 12:02 PM	#1
jawats Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2017 Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 756	Old Chinon CP-7m and SMC Pentax-A 50mm 1.17 I won an auction last week for a Chinon CP-7m with a Pentax SMC-A 50mm 1.17 attached. The lens wasn't described in the auction, so I got lucky to spot it when looking through the pictures. Looking forward to seeing how this does on my K-1. It's a lovely little lens.

05-15-2020, 03:30 PM	#2
stevebrot Otis Memorial Pentaxian Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Vancouver (USA) Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 42,007	Originally posted by jawats I won an auction last week for a Chinon CP-7m with a Pentax SMC-A 50mm 1.17 attached. The lens wasn't described in the auction, so I got lucky to spot it when looking through the pictures. Looking forward to seeing how this does on my K-1. It's a lovely little lens. What a deal! The CP-7m is an interesting camera in that it calculates metering for program and Tv modes on the fly during stop-down allowing those modes with any K-mount lens at the time. It might even work with lenses lacking an aperture ring. Steve Last edited by stevebrot; 05-15-2020 at 03:40 PM.

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05-15-2020, 04:24 PM	#3
jawats Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2017 Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 756 Original Poster	Originally posted by stevebrot What a deal! The CP-7m is an interesting camera in that it calculates metering for program and Tv modes on the fly during stop-down allowing those modes with any K-mount lens at the time. It might even work with lenses lacking an aperture ring. Steve Yep! For $25 with shipping, I'm not complaining. I just took a trial run with the K-1 and the A-50mm. The color reproduction and depth on the lens are just beautiful. I have an older Sigma 70-300 as a walk-about (the one with the macro switch), and it's nice, but nothing like this.

05-15-2020, 05:31 PM	#4
pres589 Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Wichita, KS Photos: Albums Posts: 4,533	Glancing through the user manual for the CP-7m, this seems like a better camera (not counting reliability / build quality, which I cannot know) than a Super Program. I'd rather have a more simple camera but there's definitely a lot to like here.

05-16-2020, 03:02 AM	#5
jawats Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2017 Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 756 Original Poster	Originally posted by pres589 Glancing through the user manual for the CP-7m, this seems like a better camera (not counting reliability / build quality, which I cannot know) than a Super Program. I'd rather have a more simple camera but there's definitely a lot to like here. I’ll definitely be testing it with some film. I have a more-simple Vivitar which I am also playing with now.

Old Chinon CP-7m and SMC Pentax-A 50mm 1.17

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